Last night, I revisited some photos from our family vacation to the east coast of the USA two springs ago because I was suddenly in the mood to do so. What is significant about this process of looking back at the photos and sharing them here now is how I have grown in my self-image. I don't necessarily like how I look still (chubby face, pimples, crooked teeth, and hair that has its own character at different times), but I have learned to accept my appearance and also focus on the more important things: the joy of spending time with family, the moments of seeing the magnificent views and being awed by them, the experience of traveling and seeing the world... It does not matter that I don't look pretty/perfect in the photos, what matters is the moments they captured--my feelings of excitement at seeing the Niagara falls, laughing at dad's awkward camera strap as a permanent part of his outfit, feeling the mist at the falls, and so on. So here they are, some picture-perfect views of the Niagara falls and the maybe-awkward (unflattering angles, blurred, strangers-turned subject) but real pictures of me and my family. :)
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